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25LSO-0457
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0457
Introduced
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0100
K-12 uncertified personnel.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Andrew, Bratten, Guggenmos, Haroldson, Heiner, Kelly, Neiman, Singh and Strock and Senator(s) Biteman, Brennan, Kolb and Scott
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to education; allowing school districts and charter schools to adopt policies to employ persons without holding a certificate or permit issued by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board; specifying requirements for the adoption of policies; authorizing school districts and charter schools to obtain criminal histories and request fingerprinting; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
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W.S. 7
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106(a) by creating a new paragraph (xlii), 7
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201(a) by creating a new paragraph (xxxvi), 21
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111(a) by creating a new paragraph (xxiv), 21
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304 by creating a new subsection (s) and 21
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303(a) and by creating a new subsection (e) are amended to read:
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106.
Access to, and dissemination of, information.
(a)
Criminal history record information shall be disseminated by criminal justice agencies in this state, whether directly or through any intermediary, only to:
(xlii)
School districts and charter schools to obtain background information on applicants for employment who do not hold a certificate or permit issued by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board if the school district board of trustees or the charter school governing board has adopted policies and procedures authorizing employment without certification or permit under W.S. 21
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304(s) or 21
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111(a)(xxiv).
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201.
State or national criminal history record information.
(a)
The following persons shall be required to submit to fingerprinting in order to obtain state and national criminal history record information:
(xxxvi)
Applicants for employment by a school district or a charter school who do not hold a certificate or permit issued by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board pursuant to W.S. 21
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802 if the school district board of trustees or the charter school governing board has adopted policies and procedures authorizing employment without certification or permit under W.S. 21
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304(s) or 21
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111(a)(xxiv).
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111.
Powers of boards of trustees.
(a)
The board of trustees in each school district within the state may:
(xxiv)
Adopt policies and procedures to employ school district administrators, teachers and other personnel without a certification or permit issued by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board pursuant to W.S. 21
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802. The policies and procedures adopted under this paragraph shall require a person applying for employment without holding a certificate or permit to be not less than eighteen (18) years of age and submit to a criminal history background check.
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304.
Charter school; requirements; authority.
(s)
A charter school governing board may adopt policies and procedures to employ administrators, teachers and other personnel without a certification or permit issued by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board pursuant to W.S. 21
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802. The policies and procedures adopted under this subsection shall require a person applying for employment without holding a certificate or permit to be not less than eighteen (18) years of age and submit to a criminal history background check.
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303.
Certificate or permit required; exception.
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), (c)
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or
(d)
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of this section, no person shall teach or supervise in a public school in this state and receive compensation therefor out of any public fund who at the time of rendering such services is not a holder of or a candidate and qualified for a certificate or permit issued or to be issued under the laws of this state and the rules and regulations of the Wyoming professional teaching standards board pursuant to W.S. 21
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802.
(e)
A person may be employed as an administrator, teacher or other personnel by a school district or a charter school without holding a certificate or permit issued by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board pursuant to W.S. 21
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802 if the school district board of trustees or the charter school governing board has adopted policies and procedures authorizing employment without certification or permit under W.S. 21
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304(s) or 21
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111(a)(xxiv).
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
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